1 month old

Peter’s 1st Month Adventures:
Peter saw almost all of his Lawton family at a park for lunch 3 days after he was born in Arizona. Then took his first long road trip back to Las Vegas to see his Erickson family. On Saterday he waited with his daddy and aunt kena outside the temple for mommy to be with her dear friend. Sunday his Aunt and cousins came to see him from China. We had a filled 2nd week with family and friends. Over the weekend he went to his first pool party, for our sisters surprise baby shower. His baby blessing was that Sunday, Aug. 21st in Henderson Nv. Then Tuesday we traveled up to see Grandparents in St. Goerge and Hurrican Ut. Wednesday we were in Enterprise Utah at my parents house, there we cleaned and reorganized my bedroom there, so others could use it. Loren has always wanted to sleep on our love sac with our baby one day, so we took the opportunity and slept on it for a portion of the night. When it was just loren and I we use to say how one day there would be a baby right here with us. Loren also has been waiting to put a baby in the middle of the love sac as well. He use to flufen up the love sac and throw our friends kids in the middle of it and they would sink in, he couldnt wait to have our own to do that with. We didnt throw peter in but we set him in the middle and took a picture. In Hurricane Peter had his first bath and in the same bowl Loren bathed in when he was a baby. He was excited to bath him there and take a picture like the one in his baby book. We spent a day in cedar with my sister and her family. Loren was suppose to leave that saterday Aug. 27th but because of the Hurrican back east his flight got changed to next tuesday. Which was great for us. :) We love having daddy around. He was around when peter started to smile, (on our anniversary was the first time i say peter smile. :) peter also got a little up set stomach one night and threw up all over loren. I am so grateful for lorens help and the others around me. Peter got to go to his first soccer game in Cedar but he slept threw it all. He also slept threw his first time at a restaurant for my parents anniversary. It all worked out for me. His first day at church was this last weekend, Sep. 4th. I tryed to stay all three hours and did but it wore me out. I never realised what it takes afterwards. But Peter is such a sweet, good, happy baby. We are so blessed and lucky to have him with us. His last visit with our midwife, Dixie Story was wednesday and he was just over 10 lbs and just over 22 inches. Our little Peter is growing up, he doesnt feel like our new born any more. but is new in many other ways :)

Its been great to be with family and friends we sure have enjoyed all the time with them Unfortunately it keeps mommy worn out. But were getting more settled each day. Peter and I will leave Vegas this tuesday september 12th.

BABY BLESSING






HANGING OUT AT MY SISTER IN LAS VEGAS ON HIS 4TH WEEK BIRTHDAY.






PETER WAS HOLDING ON TO ME AS I WAS PUTTING HIM DOWN, LIKE A LITTLE MONKEY WAS HOLDING ON TO ME. :)


ONE MONTH OLD PICTURES:

Grateful for the gospel in my life.

im grateful for what the gospel means to mean in my life. I really like this little video clip of scriptures that i found off of my dear sister in laws blot, thanks. In having my little baby, i have felt more joy and know more is to come. and that comes from God. Who does indeed want us to be happy and have Joy. I love my little family so much!
http://lds.org/media-library/video/international-video-contest-winners?lang=eng#2011-04-003-life

The Birth story and pics

our little monkey.

With his name sake, named after my dad. Ranel

My Birth Story,
Begins with a strong feeling to attend my husbands family reunion a week before the due date of our first baby. The reunion was to be held at a boys camp in Arizona. We had heard that first time moms deliver late most times. So living in Maryland at the time, we made arrangements to have the baby in Henderson Nv. at my brothers house with the midwife who attended my mom at my and my sisters birth.
My sister in law, Eve who is married to my brother Renaun in Henderson, opened their home in planes for me to have a home, water birth there. (she had all her kids, 4, at home and a dula her self.) so things were set to have the baby August 15th when we got back from the Lawton reunion, 6 hours away. We took some precautions for if the baby were to come early at camp we would want Eve to be there and my mother. so they came along with us to the reunion.
We got there Monday about 6pm, met up with the family had dinner, unpacked and things. But by 10 pm i was having a few contractions. As i had before three days ago, which had stopped that night so i hoped things would be the same.. I tried going back to bed hoping they would go away. Well …. they didn't, it was time, i was up most the night and by 3 a.m. i couldn't sleep. i told myself i would wait till morning to go and talk to eve, we have time. As morning came i began to be excited that things were happening. We timed the contractions and they were 1 and half min. apart. She was like Asenath your in labor, yep. so we packed up and headed out, my mother called my midwife back in Las Vegas and got her a plane ticket to fly out, but she had to also drive 2 hours to get to us.
We drove to Payson Arizona and got a hotel. it was ½ hour away from camp. There was a hospital and Eve was ready and willing to deliver the baby if need be. When we go to the hotel i jumped in the shower that eased the pain and then to the Jacuzzi that happened to be in the bedroom next to the bed, which was very convenient for a water birth, it was deep and nice. (yes we cleaned it before and after) Being in the water helped a lot with the contractions it slowed things down and by two my midwife, Dixie Story, made it. She had me get out of the tub and walk around. I was at 6cm at this time and two hours latter at a 9 with a lip and she let me get back in the tub. I remember being out of the tub was the hardest to handle i kept asking when i could go back in the water. She said at a 10 but she let me go bake in when i was at 9cm. she had to work the lip open and then i could push more activity. I pushed for 2 hours and 25 min. and then Peter was born. I was able to relax and talk in between pushing, and as the pushing was hard i was glad i could be doing something to help the baby along and get through it. His shoulders got stuck i wasn't scared but i remember hearing Dixie telling me to keep pushing and she was there pulling at him. He came out just fine after that and i just got two stitches in side.
I was so happy and cryed when they gave him to me. All went so well, I felt so blessed that day. How everything worked out so well. I am so grateful for every one there and those praying for me and thinking about me. I could not have done it with out the Lords blessing and my dear husband. I believe I bruised his hand but he was right there each step of the way. :)
We are so grateful to have little Peter Ranel Lawton, 8 ½ lbs. 21 inches, apart of our life. Its a Miracle.